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Transfagarasan

The DN7C from Bascov near Pitesti, through Curtea de Arges and past the Vidraru dam, through the tunnel at Balea Lac and down the northern hairpins to the Olt valley.

Distance
93 miles (150 km)
Type
Point to point
Where
Fagaras Mountains

Follows the official route

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Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.

Main roads

DN7CDN73CDN7

From the map

Longest gap between fuel
60 miles
Fuel stations near the line
29
Curvature
264 ° a mile
Campsites within 2 km
15
  • The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 33 to mile 93. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
  • The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 64 to mile 84, at 507 degrees of turning a mile.
  • Passes: Transfăgărășan (2,042 m, mile 72).
  • Countries: Romania.

Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.

Before you go

  • The high section is normally open only from early July to the end of October.
  • Potholes, livestock, bears and slow-moving traffic. Do not feed the bears.

On the way

  1. Bascov
  2. Curtea de Arges
  3. Vidraru dam
  4. Balea Lac
  5. Cartisoara
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1Getting there

Most riders cross to Calais by Le Shuttle or a Dover ferry, or take a longer ferry nearer the route.

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2Places to stay

Search beds in Bascov

3Cover

Check your bike insurance covers riding abroad, get travel insurance that covers motorcycling at your engine size, and breakdown cover that recovers a motorcycle in every country on the route.

What to check before you buy cover

The country on this route

What GOV.UK says riders need for it, checked 05/11/2026. Rules change, so read the official page before you go.

Romania

Money
Romanian leu
Ride on the
Right
  • National roads need a rovinieta (road vignette), sold at borders and petrol stations: check whether it applies to your motorcycle
  • Drivers must carry a first aid kit, fire extinguisher, warning triangle and fluorescent jacket: check what applies to motorcycles
  • If the bike is already damaged when you arrive, get a customs or police officer to write a report on it
  • Any alcohol in your system can mean a fine or prison

On every trip abroad: your licence, insurance that covers riding abroad, the V5C and travel insurance with medical cover. The tour planner turns all of this into a checklist each rider in your group can tick off.

Places to see on the way

Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.

Royal Cathedral of Curtea de Argeș
Cathedral · 0.3 km off the route

Royal Cathedral of Curtea de Argeș

Cathedral in Curtea de Argeș, Romania.

Photo: Rereader1996, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cave · 0.7 km off the route

Peștera de la Piscul Negru

Cave in Romania.

Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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